Spotlight: The Alano Club of Portland’s Recovery Toolkit Series

Evidence Ranking: Potential

Source: Addiction Policy Forum

A brief overview of the Alano Club of Portland’s Recovery Toolkit Series (RTS), an innovative, evidence-based and holistic program for persons in recovery from an SUD. RTS is a free, year-long program of evidence-based workshops, seminars and classes that provide education about addiction and instruction in therapeutic tools such as mindfulness-based stress reduction and trauma informed yoga. The Alano Club also hosts a diverse program of mutual support groups with more than 125 meetings held each week including 12-step and non-12 step groups. This report is part of the Addiction Policy Forum’s spotlight series.

Funding source: Various grants and donations

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Spotlight: The Alano Club of Portland's Recovery Toolkit Series

A brief overview of the Alano Club of Portland's Recovery Toolkit Series.